CNN reports:
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is offering House Democrats new information in a bid to stay out of jail while he cooperates with Congress.
Cohen’s attorneys Lanny Davis and Michael Monico told lawmakers in a letter Thursday that Cohen has discovered substantial files on a hard drive that might be helpful to investigators. Cohen is asking for additional time, and congressional help to persuade the Southern District of New York to allow him to postpone reporting to jail in order to review them.
They said they hoped Cohen would receive a reduced term and that the May 6 date Cohen is scheduled to report to prison “will be substantially postponed while he is fully cooperating with prosecutors and Congress.” The letter adds, “However, with 30 days left before he surrenders to prison, time is no longer a luxury he is capable of.